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Absolutely.

Last match was 11th December. Mad.

Shane Long is coming on so that means goals goals goals.

You don't need to do that. It's on Iplayer regardless- they said on Football Focus earlier.

Absolute heartbreak for the divs in here that like to suggest the shittest conceivable line up for cup ties.....sorry chaps but Ralphy is up for the cup again. 🏆🏆🏆 Thanks Ralph, let's get in the hat for the next round.

Lovely stuff.

Reading through message and the person posting it, I have absolutely no doubt that Ralph did not say this.

Nah, that's some guy on twitter, it's just been taken as gospel by some on here.

From who? Please don't say that bloke on Twitter.

Yes, but you have to remember we offered Ings huge money to stay - 4 years @ £100k = £20m, but didn't give him that, plus sold him for £30m, plus saved a years wages, plus signed Armstrong for less and paid him less. Yes, we gave JWP some of that spare cash, but I think the fag-packet assumption that we have a bit of spare for January from the summer feels accurate. I'd have hoped for some business anyway, now, definitely. Not a lot but something.

I think it's nice that some people never grow out of their student digs. You be you and don't be giving any of those tiny shits now x x x x

You've got to be something of a twat to refer to the queen by that name. Which is not and never has been her name. What are you, fucking Rick from the Young Ones?

Precisely - Cortese departed and we didn't subsequently go bust so as you say absolutely no problem.

He'll be taking over at AC Milan any day now. Any day.

I didn't realise quite how many sky-blue kit wearing, Etihad sponsored "City" clubs there were. Mad. So much for clubs retaining their identity.

I, for one, welcome our new Serbian overlords.

Experts on this forum were convinced he was a world beater only last season, and that it was an absolute disgrace we let him go. That's still correct isn't it lads?

I think I could hear the Old Trafford faithful chanting for Graham Potter at the end there.

Not on Swansea twitter feed (or Saints) so feels a bit premature

Correct. He's not a bad manager but in five years time he'll be just another Curbishley type. He probably will get a shot at a bigger club - a step up like Everton or Villa or whoever - but then back on the merry go round. That said It's not impossible he could take over from Southgate because he has that nice-boy manner about him. A "more of the same" candidate. Despite what some on here think, he will know he is not going to be Manchester United manager: England is his most likely big job opportunity. But as it stands he is on track to finish above Ralph Hasenhuttl for the first time in his entire career so congratulations Graham, it's absolutely breathtaking what you've achieved.

You think Graham Potter was in/should have been in the frame to take over at Manchester United this season. You think Brighton to Villa or Everton is not a step up while simultaneously saying that finishing 15th with Brighton is an amazing achievement that justifies the manager taking over at Manchester United. You can't understand how both of those concepts cannot be true at the same time. If Brighton are the same level as Villa then how is Potter finishing 15th so great, when Villa finished 11th that same season? If they're the same level then Potter underperformed. Right? So, there's not that much to discuss. You're just wrong.

Sorry this is just drivel now. So you're saying Brighton finishing 15th/16th under Potter is some amazing achievement that justifies him taking over at the biggest and most famous club in world football. You also think it is unreasonable to expect Brighton to finish mid table because of their resources. But at exactly the same time you are saying that Villa and Everton would be a "sideways" step even though last season they managed to finish 10th and 11th last year with no help from Graham Potter at all. So why can't we expect Brighton to finish 10th if all those clubs are all at the same level? Quite frankly I have no idea what point you are trying to make. Everton and Villa are such an obvious step up from Brighton, and Brighton to Manchester United is such a ridiculous step up I don't know why it even needs explaining. For someone who likes to make out he's some all-knowing football stats genius you don't half come out with some embarrasing bullshit.

Rodgers finished a lot fucking higher than Brighton is the point. And had extensive big club experience at Chelsea before that. Nuno higher. Pochettino higher. Ralph, higher. The point is you started off by saying that you are surprised that Potter isn't at a "top, top club" already. ie: now. ie: a big club job last summer. You then backtracked on that, deciding that "top, top club" mean Leicester or West Ham (riiiight) and then started blathering that Potter should have been the Manchester United manager, showing a significant lack of grasp on reality. He was never getting that. I've not changed my position. He's only ever got to bottom six, he's never even finished above us. Its not a "surprise" that he isn't at a "top, top club". It's normal. Bottom six is all he's done. If he gets Brighton top ten then yeah, he's in the frame for Villa or Leicester or Everton or similar if things go wrong at one of them. None of which are "top top clubs". And next year. Not now.

But you could say that about a manager doing well in League One. Brendan Rodgers, Like Nuno and Poch all took smaller clubs to the top ten. I don't think its that much to ask to expect Potter to do similar before he goes to a "Top, top club".

Yes he might do: Pochettino finished 8th, not 15th/16th. Like Nuno who finished 7th (twice). That's pretty much the only point I'm making. If Potter finishes somewhere decent, and he is on track to do that, then next summer he could be in demand (Villa/Everton/etc). TWar is saying he is "surprised" he is not at a "top, top club" already, like now. Having finished only ever in the bottom 6, I say no, it's not a surprise, it's pretty normal.